Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide- P6 ppt

Let's get started If you're still holding onto this book then you are ready to embark on your journey towards Essbase Nirvana.. We begin by covering the installation of Essbase on both t

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Code words in text are shown as follows: "Note that the Time dimension contains

the calendar periods used in the EssCar system"

A block of code will be set as follows:

[default]

IF (@ISMBR ("PRICE"))

"TOTAL NET REVENUE" ="TOTAL REVENUE" - "TOTAL DISCOUNTS";

ELSEIF (@ISMBR ("UNIT"))

"TOTAL NET REVENUE" = 0;

ENDIF

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block,

the relevant lines or items will be shown in bold:

[default]

[Thu Sep 11 00:40:45 2008]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051061)

Application Demo loaded - connection established

[Thu Sep 11 00:40:45 2008]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1054027)

Application [Demo] started with process id [4744]

[Thu Sep 11 00:40:45 2008]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1056090)

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

ESSCMD C:\Batch.SCR

New terms and important words are shown in bold Words that you see on the

screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in our text like this: "clicking

the Next button moves you to the next screen".

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this

Tips and tricks appear like this

Let's get started

If you're still holding onto this book then you are ready to embark on your journey

towards Essbase Nirvana

We begin by covering the installation of Essbase on both the client and the server

and end with you having created a fully functional Essbase cube This is where you usually read some form of good luck statement With this book you don't need it!

Let's GO!

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Installing Oracle Essbase

Welcome to the exciting world of Oracle Essbase! You have bought this book so you must be anxious to get started, and you can hardly wait Well, not until you install

the software Yes, this is where we actually get going This chapter will assist you

in installing Oracle Essbase server (aka the Essbase agent), Essbase Administration Services (EAS), and the Essbase Add-in for Microsoft Excel.

Oracle Essbase server can be installed on several platforms like Unix, Windows,

and Linux For the most part, this book discusses a typical Windows installation

Installing the Essbase analytic server

In this book, we will be focusing on version 9.x of Oracle Essbase For your

Windows installation, the minimum recommended system requirements are shown Operating system and processor requirements:

Windows 2003 SP1

Windows 2003 SP1 Server Enterprise Edition

64-bit Itanium 2

x64 Disk space and RAM requirements:

Installing Oracle Essbase

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You now know the recommended system requirements to install Essbase and

we assume you have the software in hand, therefore, let's install Essbase

1 Double-click the setup file for Oracle Essbase After installing the Java

Runtime Environment and initializing the install wizard, you will be

presented with a screen asking you to select a language to be used by

the installation wizard This is the language that the rest of the installation

screens will display We recommend English as it is the only choice

available in the list box

2 The next is the Oracle Essbase welcome screen As welcome screens go

it's fairly tale and contains the standard blah blah blah, read it and then

click Next whenever you are ready.

3 On the next screen, you are asked to select a country Please select

the appropriate country for your application, as this selection sets

the country variable in the system This country variable is used for

currency calculations

4 The next step is the license agreement screen, which you should read

very carefully When you have finished, select I AGREE, then click

Next to proceed.